Store stool and foot-rest.



No. 634,373. Patented Oct. 3, I899! .1. w. SMITH. STORE STOOL AND FOOT REST.

(Application filed New. 21, 1893.

(No Model.)

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UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFicE.

JOHN W. SMITH, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

STORE STOOL AND FOOT-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,373, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed November 21, 1898. Serial No. 697,028- (No model.)

To all whom it 11m concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W'. SMITH, resid ing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Store Stool and Foot-Rest, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is in the nature of a combined stool and foot-rest more particularly adapted for use'in shoe-stores; and it primarily has for its object to provide an appliance of this character of a very simple andeconoinical construction and which will conveniently serve as a means for aiding the salesmen in fitting shoes, particularly on children and stout persons.

My invention comprises certainjdetails of construction and novel combination of parts, including a peculiar form of lock device for holding the swinging rest to its adjusted position, all of which will be first described in detail and then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the foot-rest being shown in an elevated position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the foot-rest-frame locking devices. v

In its practical construction my invention comprises a pedestal 1 of suitable ornamental shape and of proper height, its top supporting a seat-block 2, while its lower end is tenoned or otherwise made secure to the base.

3 of proper supporting area. The base 3 has one end extended, as at 3, and such end is bifurcated to receive the lower end of a quadrant-shaped combined guide and lock rackbarat, the upper end of which is made fast to the upper end of the pedestal, and such bar has a series of lock-notches 4.

5 indicates the foot-rest block, which has the usual heel offset 5 at the lower outer edge and a spring-heel depression 5 ,as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This rest-block is mounted on a swinging frame comprising a pair of straight rods 6 6, pivotally secured at their inner ends on the pedestal projected outward to straddle a rack or guide bar 4; and

pivotally secured at 6 to the lower edges 5'"? on the foot-block, such frame also including a pair of upper rods 7 '7, pivotally secured connecting the swinging-frame members is an important one, for the reason that as the arms 6 and 7 are swung upward the relative position of the foot-block will constantly but gradually change with the increase of the height thereof from that of nearly horizontal when at its lowermost position to a nearly vertical position when elevated, thereby pro viding for bringing the foot in a natural position without moving the ankle, thereby enablin g the salesman to the more conveniently and properly fit the customer, it also afford ing a very convenient support for such customer and a benefit to the salesmen.

To prevent undue lateral or side play, the arms 6 and 7 are bent inward where they straddle the bar at to travel in close relation thereto and also to admit of the employment of a very simple but efficient detent device for holding the rest'block frame to its ad-- justed position.

The detent, which is best shown in Fig. 3, comprises a short rock-shaft 8, journaled in the arms 6 and 7, transversely over the bar at, and provided with a loop or crank portion 8, which can be readily moved into or out of engagement with any one of the notches in the bar 4, and for such purpose one end of the shaft terminates in a crank-handle 8 with which connects one end of a retractile spring 9, the other end of which is made fast to one of the arms 6, such spring serving to normally hold the detent in a locked en gagement with the notched bar 4.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is thought that the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It will be observed that the salesman can quickly pull theshoe-rest frame upward, as the detent will automatically engage with the notches on the bar 4. To depress the said frame, it is only necessary to manipulate the crank-handle of the detent to release it from the bar 1.

My invention is of an exceedingly simple character; butby reason of the automatic adt justing of the foot-rest block 5 to change its 1 position so as to maintain the foot in its natul ral condition the same will prove a desirable l adjunct to a retail shoe-store.

Having thus described myinvention, what l I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patt ent, is

1. The combination with the stool-pedes al f and the segmental rack-bar, of a swinging frame, comprisinga lower member and an upl per member, said members havingindependent pivotal connections with the pedestal; a l foot-rest pivotallyconnected to the outer ends of the said upper and lower swinging-frame 1 members, the pivotal points of such outer l ends being closer engaged than the pivotal points of their inner ends, and detents for locking the frame on the rack-bar in a verl tical adjusting, position, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with thestool-pedestal, f and a vertically-disposed rack-bar secured j thereto; of a swinging frame consisting of a pair of lower arms and a pair of upper arms independently pivotallyjoinetil to the pedestal and held to straddle the rack-bar; and a footrest pivotally joined to the outer ends of the said upper and lower straddle members, the pivotal points of connection of the foot-rest being of less separation than the pivotal points of connection of the inner ends of the said straddle-bars, and a detent for locking one set of such straddle-bars in its vertical adjustments on the rack-bar, as specified.

The combination with the stool-pedestal and the segmental rack-bar, of the lower straddle-arms G, the upper straddle-arms 7, said arms Gand? havingindependent pivotal connection with the stool-pedestal and held to straddle the rack-bar; the foot-rest pivotally connected to the outer ends of the arms 6 and 7, and a detent comprising a rack-bar journaled on the arm 6 and having a crank or loop portion adapted to engage the rackbar; a spring for normally holding said loop portion in engagement with the rack-bar, and a crank-bar forming, a part of such rack-bar, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

JOHN \V. SMITH.

Witnesses:

A. T. LEWIS, NEWTON MCCOY. 

